Name: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Start: 2021-05-25T16:30:00-0500
End: 2021-05-27T18:49:00-0500
Location: Comets Giving Days 2021

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences

The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences brings together innovative research, student training, and community outreach in a climate that fosters collaboration and learning.

The school’s mission is to study the biology and psychology of thought and language, development and aging, social interaction, and perception in healthy adults and children both in illness and health. Through this work, we aim to enhance the health, education, and quality of life of adults and children, their families and their communities. This is accomplished with fundamental investigation of brain and behavior, and applied research in remediation and compensation, including the use of advanced technology.

Please consider making a gift in support of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, to one or more of the funds below. Your generosity to BBS will help create scholarships and fellowships, boost our departments, and enhance a superb UT Dallas education in neuroscience, psychology, and speech, language, and hearing.

School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences: Your gift provides support for research and education in all behavioral and brain sciences, funds allocated across departments to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration, create endowed professorships, fund graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and support other broad-based small- and large-scale projects.
Department of Neuroscience Fund: Gifts to the Department of Neuroscience support the educational and research activities of the students and faculty in cellular, molecular, and systems neuroscience.
Department of Psychology Fund: Gifts to the Department of Psychology support the educational and research activities of the students and faculty in developmental, social, and cognitive psychology.
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Fund: Gifts to the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing support the educational and research activities of the students and faculty in the three areas of communication sciences and disorders.
BBS Fellowship Fund: Gifts to this fund are used to provide fellowship support for graduate students in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
BBS Scholarship Fund: Gifts to this fund are used to provide scholarship support for undergraduate students in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Ian Jasheway Memorial Scholarship in Neuroscience: The Ian Jasheway Memorial Scholarship in Neuroscience supports undergraduate neuroscience students with at least a 3.0 GPA.
Matthew K. Weddle Fellowship in Cognition and Neuroscience: The Matthew K. Weddle Fellowship in Cognition and Neuroscience supports graduate students in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. The fellowship was established by the family of Matthew K. Weddle in his memory. Matthew was a student at UT Dallas and had a special interest in neuroscience, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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21 Gifts Leaderboard

Help your favorite Comets Giving Days group reach at least 21 gifts on 5/26 (day 1) and they will become eligible to win an additional $200 in bonus funds. Winning group will be picked at random. Let's have more fun in '21!

Rank	Group	Gifts
1	Comet Cupboard	130
2	Fund for UT Dallas	87
3	Student Emergency Fund	80
4	Student Ambassadors	47
5	Geosciences	42
6	Jindal Young Scholars Program	37
7	Dean's Initiative - Partners in Progress	30
8	Athletics	29
9	Computer Science	28
10	Animation	26
11	Other	25
12	Science & Mathematics Education	25
13	Callier Center for Communication Disorders	23
14	Center for BrainHealth	23
15	Electrical and Computer Engineering	22

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Alumni Power Hour Match Day 2

Double the fun on day two! Mark your calendar for May 27 from 12pm-4pm for our second Alumni Power Hours Match. During these four hours, all alumni gifts $2-$40 will be matched dollar for dollar up to a total of $3,000. Make your impact go even further!

$3,000 MATCHED

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EXTENDED: Alumni Power Hours Match

Where are our alumni at? All alumni gifts $2-$20 will be matched dollar for dollar up to a total of $2,000 on May 26 until 8pm.

$1,301 MATCHED

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EXTENDED: Faculty and Staff Day 2 Match

Let's have more fun in Day 2! All gifts of $2-40 made by UTD Faculty or Staff members between 9-noon on May 27 will be matched dollar for dollar up to a total of $3,000!

$2,374 MATCHED

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May 26 6-8 P.M. Leaderboard

Help your favorite area of campus get the most gifts during the hours of 6-8 p.m. on day 1 of Comets Giving Days and the group with the most gifts during those two hours will win an additional $100 in bonus funds!

Rank	Prize	Department	Gifts
1	$100	Student Ambassadors	11
2		Geosciences	9
3		Comet Cupboard	8
4		Behavioral and Brain Sciences	5
5		Information Technology & Systems	4
6		Athletics	4
7		Animation	4
8		Electrical and Computer Engineering	3
9		Economic, Political and Policy Sciences	3
10		Jindal Young Scholars Program	3
11		Alumni Association	3
12		Biological Sciences	2
13		Multicultural Center	2
14		Delk Lab	2
15		Center for Children and Families	2

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Night Owl Challenge

The group with the most gifts between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. will win an additional $50 in bonus funds! Night owls unite!

Rank	Prize	Department	Gifts
1	$50	UT Dallas Pep Band	14
2		Student Ambassadors	8
3		Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies	4
4		First-Generation Student Programs	4
5		Galerstein Gender Center	4
6		Comet Cupboard	3
7		Dean's Initiative - Partners in Progress	3
8		Callier Center for Communication Disorders	3
9		Center for BrainHealth	3
10		Computer Science	3
11		Hobson Wildenthal Honors College	3
12		Geosciences	2
13		Jindal Young Scholars Program	2
14		Center for Children and Families	2
15		Center for Global Business	2

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Small School Leaderboard

Though small in size, they make a big impact! Which of these schools will show up and stand out during this year's Comets Giving Day? The school that rises to the top will earn bonus funds!

Rank	Prize	School	Gifts
1	$200	Natural Science and Mathematics	235
2	$100	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	204
3	$50	Arts and Humanites	195
4		Arts, Technology, & Emerging Communication	94
5		Economic, Political and Policy Sciences	46
6		Interdisciplinary Studies	42

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$1,000

UT Dallas Student Ambassadors: Game For Good Power Hour Challenge

Help us reach 100 gifts from 2:30-3:30PM on May 26th to unlock a donation of $1,000 to the Douglas Peterson Fund for Homeless Students!

100 / 100 Gifts

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51 Gifts Leaderboard

Help your favorite Comets Giving Days group reach at least 51 gifts in honor of UT Dallas' 51st year on 5/27 (day 2) and they will become eligible to win an additional $200 in bonus funds. Winning group will be picked at random. The magic number is a minimum of 51 gifts/eligible group!

Rank	Group	Gifts
1	Comet Cupboard	267
2	Geosciences	119
3	Alumni Association	119
4	Student Ambassadors	115
5	Student Emergency Fund	106
6	Fund for UT Dallas	94
7	Jindal Young Scholars Program	83
8	Computer Science	82
9	Athletics	81
10	Center for BrainHealth	68
11	Delk Lab	62
12	Electrical and Computer Engineering	59
13	Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies	58
14	Callier Center for Communication Disorders	58
15	Galerstein Gender Center	58

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BBS Fellowship Match

In honor of Better Hearing Month and Comets Giving Days, the Speech Pathologists’ Association Near Dallas (SPAND) will match all gifts, up to $500 total, to support fellowships for Speech-Language Pathology graduate students. To give to this match, select “BBS Fellowship Fund” as the designation and write “SLP Fellowship” into the comments.

$500 MATCHED

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Early Risers Bonus

On 5/27 between 5 a.m. - 7 a.m. help the group you love receive the most gifts and the group with the most will win $50 in bonus funds!

Rank	Prize	Department	Gifts
1	$50	UT Dallas Pep Band	5
2		Electrical and Computer Engineering	2
3		Chess Team	1
4		Mechanical Engineering	1
5		Athletics	1
6		Center for Asian Studies	1
7		Military and Veteran Center	1
8		Military and Veteran Employee Resource Group	1
9		Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1
10		Galerstein Gender Center	1
11		Center for Vital Longevity	1
12		3D Studio	0
13		CS Goldman Sachs Fund	0
14		Undergraduate Scholarship Fund for ECS	0
15		Academic Bridge Program	0

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Graduates of the Last Decade Match

Did you graduate in the last decade (2010-2021)? Make a gift between 6-10pm on May 26 and have your gift matched dollar for dollar. All gifts of $2-$20 will receive matching donation of the same value up to a total of $1,000.

$650 MATCHED

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May 27 from 5-6:49 P.M. Leaderboard

Help your favorite area of campus get the most gifts during the hours of 5-6:49 p.m. on day 2 of Comets Giving Days and the group with the most gifts during those two hours will win an additional $100 in bonus funds!

Rank	Prize	Department	Gifts
1	$100	Student Ambassadors	26
2		Physics	18
3		Comet Cupboard	18
4		Athletics	18
5		Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies	17
6		Center for Professional Sales	14
7		Alumni Association	12
8		Animation	11
9		Computer Science	10
10		Jindal Young Scholars Program	9
11		Geosciences	8
12		Callier Center for Communication Disorders	7
13		Bangladeshi Student Organization	6
14		UT Dallas Pep Band	6
15		Academic Bridge Program	4

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President's Faculty/Staff Power Hours Match

Dr. and Mrs. Benson will graciously match all gifts of $2-20 made by UTD Faculty or Staff members between 3-5pm on May 26, up to a total of $1,969!

$1,969 MATCHED

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Student Match

Are you a UT Dallas student? Make a gift of $2 or any other gift up to $20 on May 26 or 27 and have your donation matched dollar for dollar, up to a total of $1,000!

$1,000 MATCHED

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